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Armenian Name: | Հաստակտուց քարադր |
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Species Status: | Endangered Species - Species of Special Concern |
See Plate 26 for Greater Sand Plover and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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Abundance: | Rare |
Length: | 22-25 cm, Wing Span:53-60 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 118. |
Description: | Long-legged plover with long black bill and white wing stripe visible in flight; wingtips even with tail tip at rest. |
Adult (Breeding): | Male has broad red-brown breast band that extends up over black eyestripe. Female duller, often with pale red-brown patches on sides of breast. |
Adult (Non-breeding): | Both sexes drab brown above; brown breast patches. |
Juvenile: | Yellowish-brown on head and breast; pale feather edges on upperparts. |
Similar Species: | Caspian Plover. |
Behavior: | Feeds with typical plover stop-run-stop movements. Call is loud trilling note. |
Habitat: | Fish ponds, lake shores. |
Food: | Insects, crustaceans. |
Nest: | Shallow ground scrape lined with plant fragments. |
Eggs: | 39 mm, 3, dark brownish-yellow, black spots. |